Answer:
Feeling destitute of a desire to keep working on his term paper, Chris went outside to play basketball instead.
Because Chris was in a congenial mood, he called and asked his friends if they wanted to meet him at the basketball court.
Chris's friends could not be induced to play, because they were going to the movies.
Chris, who was interested in pursuing directing as his vocation , decided to join them.
When Chris expressed his fervent desire to also go to the movies, his friends agreed to pick him up.
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